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Beaton/A/A1/430/34
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- 13 June (No year given.) (Creation)
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3p paper
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Dreamed that he had come back to England and Beaton had refused to speak to him because he hadn't written for three weeks. This morning a big packet of India and Burma photographs arrived. It is very easy to tell which of them are Beaton's. Hears that Beaton is going to America. Lunched with Peggy Crewe the other day. Spent an evening at Hampstead with Simon Wardell. Has begun reviewing again for the New Statesman. Thinks of Beaton's travels with strange envy. Experience is all he envies people for, "not possessions or fame or looks or attainments". Is guilty of the crime of not going to see the play. Heard that the contrast between the poorness of the play and the success of Beaton's decoration was terrific. Saw Harold yesterday who had returned from lecturing to the fleet. Talks about his new friends from Fulham Road. There is a literary West Indian lady who writes poetry and a Barbadian doctor. Longs to hear from Beaton in China.